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History and Development of Myxomycetes Research in India

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Myxomycetes, acellular slime moulds or plasmodial slime moulds are interesting organisms exhibiting characteristics of both plants and animals. Herein is given a historical account of the systematics, ecology and life cycle studies on Indian Myxomycetes. The history of research of Indian slime moulds can be broadly divided into three periods. Period 1 (up to 1950) started with Drake’s maiden collections (1911–1927), followed by the first published record (Lister, A monograph of the Mycetozoa. Eds. 1, 2, and 3, the latter two rev. by G. Lister, Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist., London, 1924) and culminated with the first monographic treatment (Lodhi (1934), Indian slime molds (Myxomycetes) (Being Descriptions of the species collected by Late Mrs. A. Drake). From 1931 to 1951, there was virtually no work on Myxomycetes. Period II extended from 1952 to 1980, and witnessed great research activity in the North (Thind and associates, 1952–1969), South [Agnihothrudu and co-workers (1954–1969)] and North-East [Agnihothrudu and collaborators (1958–1965)]. During this period six doctoral theses were produced on Myxomycetes of their respective regions: P.U. Indira (Studies in Myxomycetes. Unpubl. Thesis, Univ. of Madras, 1966) from the University of Madras; T.N. Lakhanpal (1975) from the University of Delhi; S.S. Dhillon (1976) from Punjab University, Chandigarh; V.D. Ranade (1978), Poona University; S.P. Nanir (Myxomycetes of Marathwada. Ph.D. Thesis, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada Univ. Aurangabad, 1979) from Marathwada University, Aurangabad; and R. Venkatramani from the University of Madras. The first comprehensive monograph on ‘Myxomycetes of India’ was also published during this period (Thind, Indian Council, Agric Res. New Delhi), describing 183 species from India. Period III extends from 1980 onwards till date. In 1981, another monograph on ‘Indian Myxomycetes’ was published (Lakhanpal and Mukerji, Bibliotheca Mycol (J. Cramer, Vaduz) 1981;78:1–531) describing 293 species of Myxomycetes. During this period four individuals received doctorates on different aspects of Myxomycetes: R.K. Chopra (Biology of corticolous Myxomycetes. Thesis, ined., Himachal Pradesh Univ., Shimla, India, 1984) from H.P. University, Shimla; Rajesh Sharma (Studies on the Myxomycetes of Eastern Himalayas and adjoining hills. Ph.D. Thesis Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1986) from Punjab University, Chandigarh; B.G. Rokade (Taxonomic studies in Myxomycetes of Jalgaon and Dhulia, Ph.D. Thesis, Marathwada Univ. Aurangabad, 1989); and V.B. Salunkhe (1995) from B.A. Marathwada University, Aurangabad; they worked on corticolous Myxomycetes; Myxomycetes of N.E. India and Royal Kingdom of Bhutan; Myxomycetes of Jalgaon, Maharashtra; and Myxomycetes of Dang forest, Western Ghats, respectively. Ranade et al. (Mycosphere 2012:3(3):358–390) published a checklist of Indian Myxomycetes listing 373 species. There are more than 200 species of Myxomycetes published by Nanir’s group (Aurangabad), some of which are recorded for the first time for India and Maharashtra; several new species have also been proposed but most of the work remained unpublished. With Chopra’s work and that of Sharma, the total number of species in Myxomycetes is estimated to be around 450 or so now. The life cycle and ecological studies have also been carried out, the details of which are serialised in the text.

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    *There is no publication by Drake and Stewart.

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The authors are grateful to many individuals who directly and indirectly helped in the studies on Myxomycetes. We are also thankful to the Director, Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Shimla, for help in various ways. We express our gratitude to the editors for reviving the memories of Myxomycetes and motivating to put these once again in black and white.

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  3. Botany Department, DAV College, Chandigarh, Punjab, India

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Lakhanpal, T.N., Jishtu, V., Sharma, R. (2021). History and Development of Myxomycetes Research in India. In: Satyanarayana, T., Deshmukh, S.K., Deshpande, M.V. (eds) Progress in Mycology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2350-9_21

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